Strategic Planning: An Overview

1. Strategic Planning Strategic Planning
OverviewOverview
Gaphor M. PanimbangGaphor M. Panimbang
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[email protected]@gmail.com
March 26-28, 2007March 26-28, 2007

2. What is Strategic Planning?What is Strategic Planning?
•A disciplined effort to
produce fundamental
DECISIONS and
ACTIONS that
SHAPE and GUIDE
what a cooperative is,
what it does, and why
it does it with a focus
on the FUTURE.
•A process by which a
group defines its own
VMOSA .

3. What is VMOSA?What is VMOSA?
M
O
V
S
A
VISION
MISSION
OBJECTIVES
STRATEGIES
ACTION PLAN

4. VMOSA is … ?VMOSA is … ?
A practical planning process that can be used by
any community organization or institution
Planning tool that can help your organization by
providing a blueprint for moving from dreams to
actions to positive outcomes for your community.

5. Why should your organization Why should your organization
use VMOSA?use VMOSA?
It allows your organization to build consensus around
your focus and the necessary steps your organization
should take
Allows your organization to focus on your short-term
goals while always keeping sight of your long-term
vision and mission
The VMOSA process grounds for your dreams. It makes good
ideas possible by laying out what needs to happen in order to
succeed.

6. When should you use VMOSA?When should you use VMOSA?
When you are starting a new organization.
When you are trying to invigorate an older initiative that has
lost its focus or momentum.
When your organization is starting a new initiative or
large project, or is going to begin work in a new direction.
When your group is moving into a new phase of an
ongoing effort.

7. Planning Process StepsPlanning Process Steps
  
Vision
(the dream)
Mission
(the what and
why)
Objectives
(how much of what
will be accomplished
by when)Strategies
(the how)
Action plan
(what change will
happen who will do what
by when to make it happen)

8. VISION VISION
( the dream)( the dream)
Vision statements should be:
•Understood and shared by members of
the community
•Broad enough to allow a diverse variety of
local perspectives to be encompassed
within them
•Inspiring and uplifting to everyone involved
in your effort
•Easy to communicate

9. Mission Mission
(the what and why)(the what and why)
Concise
Outcome
Oriented
Inclusive
Guiding
Principles
Example:
Socio-economic Empowerment

10. Objectives Objectives
(how much of what will be accomplished by when)(how much of what will be accomplished by when)
Three basic types of
objectives
Behavioral
Objectives
Community-
level
Objectives
Process
Objectives

11. Strategies Strategies
(the how)(the how)
Five specific strategies can help guide most
interventions. They are:
•Providing information and enhancing skills
–(e.g., Undertake continuous cooperative education to its members)
•Enhancing services and support
–(e.g.,extend financial assistance to its members for provident &
productive purposes)
•Modify access, barriers, and opportunities
–(such as equal distribution of net surplus or patronage refund arising out
of cooperative operations )
•Change the consequences of efforts
– (e.g., provide incentives to the management staff)
•Modify policies
–(e.g., encourage deferment of patronage refund for revolving capital).

12. Action plan Action plan
(what change will happen; who will do what by when to make it (what change will happen; who will do what by when to make it 
happen)happen)
Specific (community and systems) changes to
be sought
Specific action steps necessary
to bring about changes in all of the relevant
sectors, or parts of the community/organization
The Plan refers to:

13. Action PlanAction Plan cont… cont…
Action step(s)
Resources
required
Person(s)
responsible
Collaborators:
Dated
completed
What will happen?
Who will do what?
Timing of each action step
Resources and support
(both what is needed and what's available)
Who else should know
about this action?

14. Thank You and
Wassalam!